It's a BOY!!!

We just got back from our sonogram and we got to see little Noah Paul! He almost didn't show us his goods. He kept his legs tightly closed the entire time. The tech said she would do some computer work to give him a little time to move around. When she came back he had his legs opened, but his little hands were in the way (typical boy). She was able to wiggle him around a little bit and he revealed himself :). When the doctor came in, Noah had his legs spread wide apart..there was no mistaking that he was a he.

Thankfully, he looks to be very healthy! What a blessing!!!

Now I'm off to prime his room and get ready for our Home Goods trip tomorrow!

Week 18

Tomorrow is the BIG day! 9 am. I pray that our little one is strong, healthy, and right on track. He/She has been kicking up a storm today. Hopefully the baby doesn't get pooped out for tomorrow!

Baby Heisey received some great Christmas gifts already. A baby monitor, CD player, an awesome toy, books, and a CD! The little one is already being spoiled.

We went to Babies R Us to order the crib and changing table, but were lucky enough to get the 1 of each that they had in stock. Brian put them together on Saturday. All the furniture is set up. I'm planning on working in the room after the appointment tomorrow. We bought lots of primer and I brought home many, many paint samples. I can see the design in my head..it's now just a matter of making it happen.

Stay tuned...

Week 17 Got away from me

I am officially in week 18 as of today, but I let week 17 slide by in blog world so I'll recap:

The most exciting thing that happened in week 17 is that the baby is moving and kicking! I feel it often now and it's by far the coolest thing I've ever experienced. Brian got to feel it the other day. It seemed like every time he would put his hand on my belly, the baby would stop kicking. He finally got to feel 2 little kicks!

We have our 2nd Trimester screening 1 week from today! We can't wait :)

My belly seems to have popped out a bit more as of this morning. It looks like it's starting to spread out a little bit and get rounder. I don't think I've gained much weight yet though.

I popped!

Week 16:

There is a lot to report on this week. I literally woke up one day with a noticeable bump :). People at work started to notice too..and I love it. It's still tiny, but so cute! I'll definitely be posting pictures now that the belly is actually changing.

As if that isn't news enough..I was driving to work this morning and the baby kicked me 3 times!!! There were 2 kicks and then I pushed on my belly a little bit and I got a 3rd kick. It was unmistakable and awesome. I've been waiting all day to feel it again, but nothing so far.

I had a doctors appointment on the 9th and we got to hear the heartbeat again. According to the doctors scale I haven't gained any weight yet, but I'm sure it's coming. I've been fluctuating between 128 and 130.

Brian and I are planning on starting the babies room over Christmas break. I can't believe next Friday is Christmas!?!!

15 days until we get to find out the sex!

Week 15

I can't believe how fast these weeks are going! Things really started to speed up. Tomorrow is week 16 already! 4 months pregnant :)

I had a bad pain in my stomach (right near my belly button) on Tuesday. It started when I was on my way home from work. For some reason I wasn't overly concerned..maybe because it didn't feel like a cramp or anything. I got home and made dinner, but when I went to sit down to eat, the pain started getting worse. I thought that if I could lay flat, maybe it would feel better. I went to the couch, but the pain was still there..just as bad. Brian and my mom convinced me to call the doctors office. The doctor on call asked that I come into the hospital to Labor Hall so she could check out my belly. I still wasn't overly worried at this point. It seemed like a good practice run since we've never been to the labor part of the hospital. We got there around 8 and the doctor was just getting ready to deliver a baby C-section. She stopped into my room and pushed on my belly saying that everything seemed to be ok. They were going to take a urine sample and check the babies heartbeat and then I could go home if I was feeling ok. Of course the pain went away when we were there. Not that it was a bad thing, but that's always how it works. The doctor went to deliver a baby and the nurse checked for the heartbeat. She couldn't find it, but we could hear movement. I don't think she was down low enough. She told me that the doctor would do a sonogram when she could. Luckily, the doctor came in about a 1/2 hour later and just squirted the gel on my stomach and put the sonogram thing down when a nurse came in with an emergency. The doctor did say before she ran out that the baby looked good. We could see the hearbeat. So she ran out and there sat the sonogram machine. It was turned on and ready to go. I still had all the gel on my stomach and Brian and I looked at each other..we wanted so badly to check it out for ourselves. No one was around! I knew though that as soon as one of us touched the machine, someone would come into the room. I had to hold Brian off. The doctor eventually came back and took the time to show us our little one. The baby flipped on it's side when we were watching!! So basically, everything was fine and the pain was gone. 2 hours after we got there, we were on our way home. I was very impressed with the doctor on call (Dr. Keperling) and I liked the hospital. She delivered 2 babies while we were there and was still very patient and caring towards me.

I also think that I felt the baby move this week. I can't be 100% sure, but I felt it a work when I was sitting very still and I felt it at church on Sunday. It's very subtle, but I'm pretty sure it was my baby!!!